Curriculum is based on the Hovercraft Pilot Training Manual - the most comprehensive hovercraft pilot and maintenance guide available, including a special addendum, "Hovercraft in Rescue Operations."

Learn or review the basic principles covered in Standard Pilot Training, then move on to specific maneuvers and techniques relevant to your work.

Expect a crash course in physics and mechanical engineering, with enough hovercraft- and industry-specific information to keep everyone interested - from mechanics and pilots to those with no relevant background.

Flight Training

Apply your knowledge and learn to operate hovercraft over land and water with an experienced instructor.

Depending upon your specifications, training spans 3 to 7 days. You will master basic operation, perform task-specific drills, and navigate obstacle courses in multiple locations and over a variety of terrain and conditions, day and/or night.

Our immersive, experiential teaching model involves the student at every stage. From demonstrating the fundamental principles of operation to participating in timed drills in challenging environments, you will be actively engaged and will learn by doing.

Since 1960, a team of Australian engineers have devoted their lives to hovercraft development and flight training …

HOVERCRAFT TRAINING CENTERSMake no mistake: A hovercraft
is a flying machine. Floating nine inches above the surface, it
requires a skilled pilot at the controls. And for those who are trained
by HTC pilots, the most experienced in the industry, the result is a
pilot capable of capitalizing on the hovercraft's true potential,
yielding an array of advantages for recreational, rescue, military
and commercial applications.